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Monday, April 03, 2006

It fits, kind of...

Thank you all for your nice comments on Tubey. It does fit, but on me, it's not so flattering:

Pattern:Tubey by Cassie RovittiYarn: Brown Sheep Lamb's Pride Superwash Wool in Shane's RedMods: I combined two sizes, using the medium for the shrug part and the small for the body. I also knit a few rows of seed stitch for the sleeve cuffs instead of the purl row, because it was still awfully curly with that purl row.

I've gained some weight in the past few months (post-wedding bingeing), and I am now heavier than I've ever been, so I am pretty self-conscious about my body to begin with. This sweater does not really help matters. In short, it makes me feel lumpy and fat. Mark and I have been exercising, and unless I can get back down to my pre-wedding weight again by next fall, I don't really see much, if any, Tubey wearing in my future. I guess that's incentive to lose the weight, if nothing else!

10 Comments:

I'm so sorry you're feeling so self conscious about your weight. I know that feeling all too well. If it's any consolation, your Tubey really does look good on you, and I'm not just saying that. If you lose too much weight, I don't think it will look so nice.

I know it's not your favorite, but I think it looks great, and you should be happy if only for the fact that you finished all that hard work. I guess we'll just have to learn to design our own patterns to get sweaters that are as flattering on us as we'd like them to be!

wow--i think it looks very good on you! don't be your own worst critic, focusing on what you perceive as flaws (in your body and in your beautiful new sweater). you look beautiful and so does your sweater! all i can say is that when i wasn't feeling so good about my body (or myself), i read dr. phil's ultimate weight solution book, and it SO helped me see things differently. whatever you do, love that sweater, love the person who made it, love the person wearing it, and love the man who married her! :)

you're too self-conscious. you know as well as I do, that what you think is awful, it very much the opposite. with that, Tubey looks very good on you, and you will never be 'fat and lumpy'. Not possible. Ever.